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Sarah May is an English author. Her first book, The Nudist Colony (1999), was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. [1] Her other books include Spanish City (2002), The Internationals (2003), The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia (2006), and Becky (2023). A reviewer in The Guardian wrote of Spanish City: "the world conjured into view by May's slanted approach to scene and dialogue is peculiarly charged and vivid." [2]

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  1. "Sarah May - Literature".
  2. Taylor, D. J. "Pier pressure", The Guardian, 30 March 2002.


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